Ruby Bay

It takes its name from the gems that once washed up on the shore here, and every so often a lucky beachcomber still finds one.

It is a small, sheltered beach, with sand at the top and rock pools at the bottom when the tide goes out, and views out across the Firth of Forth. On the rocks at its eastern end stands Lady's Tower, the ruined bathing house of an eighteenth-century lady, and on the point beyond is the little white lighthouse of Elie Ness.

The Fife Coastal Path runs along the bay, and it makes a short walk from Elie village out to the tower and the lighthouse, with a paddle on the way.